T rim min g and channeling machine



No. 622,460. Patented Apr. 4, I899. F. J. FREESE.

TRIMMING AND CHANNEUNG HACHINE.

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TRIMMING AND CHANNELING MACHINE.

(Application filed Feb. 23, 1895.)

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FRANCIS JOSEPH FREESE, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0..622,460, dated-April 4, 1899.

Application filed February 23, 1895 Serial No. 539,830. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that LFRANoIsIJ osnrn Fannsa, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, temporarily residing 5 in Montreal, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trimming and Channeling Machines, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention combines in one machine mechanism for channeling the outsole of a lasted shoe and simultaneously trimming or cutting awaya strip of the surplus leather at 01 outside of the proper line of the sole edge and also by continuous use of the same cutter for trimming around the heel-scat of such shoe. My apparatus is so constructed that during the channeling operation the trimming-knife is guided mechanically from the inseam and afterward is guided from the counter whiletrimmin g around the heel-seat. The channelingknife is also guided from the inseam, except for a brief period as it approaches the shank just before it is raised out of action, so as not to channel the heel portion of the sole. This raising is effected by a treadle and compound pulley or other devices. Along the shank the channeling-knife before it is raised is moved slightly outward from thetrimmingknife toward the longitudinal center of the sole by devices-controlled by the operator, so as to form the terminaiion of the channel somewhat nearer said center.. Two rotatable guides are employed, one hearing edgewi'se on" the inseam ,for use during the channeling and while the shank and front portion of the sole are being trimmed and the other brought forwardby the operator and bearing against the counter or heel portion of the shoe while trimming around the heel-seat. The first of these guides, as herein shown, has a non-rotary upper face with one or more slots therein to receive thetip of the trimming-knife, which. has a very short and rapid reciprocating stroke, to cut away the marginal strip from the sole-stock. A rotating serrated feedwheel presses this margin which is to be cut away against the upper face of said guide and moves the shoe forward against the knivcswhile it is supported by the hands of the'wo'rkman; Suitable gearing reduces the feed movcinent properly as compared with the cutting movement, and the feed-wheel and parts immediately connected with it may rise and fall slightly, according to the thick A transverse wedge or justing the two knives.

The machine is operative as a trimmer.

when the channeling-knife and its appurtenances are dormant, and it may also channel without trimming, if desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my combined trimming and channel ing machine, partly in sectio h, and represents one ofthe positions of the shoe under treatment. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the machine, Fig. 3, a vertical section, and Fig. 4 a front or edge view. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 are details hereinafter described, and Fig. 9 is an enlarged view showing the channeling-knife raised and the counter-guide advanced, as when trimming around the heel-seat. Fig. 10 is an elevation of the trimming-knife.v

,A represents the frame or head of the machine, a thin metallic shell'orcasting with strengthening-flanges along the edges. This head is in practice fixed to the top of a base or standard to hold it ata convenient height for the workman.

B is the horizontal main shaft,,having a driving-pulley B and fiy-wheel b and revolv= ing about four thousand times a minute in antifriction bearings 0t. Oil-cups a are shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

(l is the vertical trimming-knife carrier, actuated at the same speed bythe pitman or connectingwod D, which engages the studs on said carrier and the eccentric crank-pin d on the end of the shaft B. The carrier-stem O is made tubular, and the connecting-rod D is recessed, as shown in Fig. 3, forlightness of said parts to lessen the strain due to their rapid reciprocation. The foot of carrier 0 is formed with lateral flanges 0, having dovetail grooves in their inner faces to engage the upper portion of the trimming-knife E. (See Figs. 1, 3, 8, and 9.) Atigfhtening-sclew e holds it securely.

The shape of theknife E is best shown in i Fig: 3.0. The npperdovetailed portion held by the flange O, is represented above the shoulders'in its sides, while its cutting edge .is the oblique portion E near the tip or extreme lower end, the edge facing the observer in Fig. 1. Itis this edge and not the square end which cuts. The stroke is very short.-

barely three-sixteenths of an inch verticallyperhaps three thirty-seconds of advance.

F is aworm on the main shaft B, meshing IO with a pinion f on the upper end of a vertical shaft F, the lowerend of which has a Worm f keyed to it, which meshes. with a wormgear g on a horizontal shaft G. The opposite end of this shaft has fixed upon .it aserrated feed-wheel G, the outer face of which adjoins the inner face of. the knife E. The worm f is loosely'keyed on the shaft F, so that it will move upwardly when the projecting edge of the shoe-sole raises the feed-wheel zo-G, shaft G, and bearings. The bearings of shaft G are in a flanged casting H, Figs. 3,. 6, and 5), bolted to another flanged cast-ing H, Fig. 3, having arms or bosses formed on it as bearings for the' shafts F and G near the Worm and gear,which connect them. The vertical flanges of these two castings bear with a sliding pressure against the front and rear edges of panels of the side frames. (See Figs. 1 and 3.) Thus the feed-wheel G, bearings 0 H H, and connected parts may rise and fall according to the varying thickness ofthe leather of the sole edge.

From thedescription it will be seen that while the shaft B makes its four thousand 3 5 turns a minute-for instance, the speed of r0- tation of the feed-wheel is very moderate owing to the two worm-gear connections I adjust the movement so that the shoe will be turned as rapidly as the workman can cono veniently handle .it, but always slower than the horizontal advance of the cutting edge of the knife E. q Beneath the feed-wheel G, I mount a hori-' zontal guide J, grooved or slotted for the tip 5 of the reciprocating cutter E to work in and having a rotatable edge or rim j for the edge of the shoe at the inseam to bear against, so

th'at'it may move freely and yet hold the lasted shoe always at the desired distance 'from said cutter, or, in other words,.cause the trimming to'be efiected at a defined distance from -and on a line parallel with the inseam.' This guide may be rotatable as a whole, with an annular groove in its face for '55 the knife-tip to work in, as described and claimed-in my application for patent on soletrimming machine, filed February 20, 1892, Serial No. 422,182, or its rim only may be rotatable, the center body or upper face being slotted and held from rotation, as described and claimed in my application, Serial No. 539,320, filed simultaneously herewith. I prefer and have herein illustrated this latter form; but I make no claim in this case to such guide separately and apart-from its combinations, as shown herewith.

The guide J j is mounted on a horizontal arm K, recessed to receive the machine-screw 70, Figs. 3 and 9, projecting upwardly into the frame A. The horizontal face of the guide comes directly beneath the feed-wheel .G and serves tohold the stock up to said wheel, and thus cooperates in the trimming operation, since the strip to be cut away is pinched between the feed-Wheel' and guide. I prefer to bevel the feed-wheel slightly, as shown, as it tends to hold the shoe up to the guide and to crowd thestrip away from the knife.

The guide J j bears against the inseam from the point Where the trimming and channeling begins, at the shankon one side of the sole, to and around the toeof the shoe and to the shank on its opposite side. I provide an additional guide L to regulate the trimmingknife E while trimming around the heel-seat. ThisguideL isa rotatable wheel or roller pivoted on a stud or screw l on the outer end of 'a sliding bar L.. (See Figs. 1, 3, and 9.)

This bar is brought forward by the operator pressing his feet at the proper time upon a treadle, so as to cause the guide-roll L to bear against the counter or heel portion of the shoe during that part of the operation. This movement is in its last stages simultaneous with the raising of the channeling-knife out of contact with the sole and is accomplished by the same mechanism,as hereinafter described. In Figs. 1 and 3 the parts are shown in their normal position for trimming and channeling, while Fig. .9 shows the additional guide L brought forward and the channeler raised. n adjustable stop on the treadle properly imits its movement.

The channeling-knife M is mounted at the foot and inner'face of the channel-knife carrier M, its inclined cutting-point being near to-the point of the trimming-knife, as best shown in Fig. 3. It is held fast to its carrier by the bolt m, Fig. .8. The carrier M is mounted in a trough-shaped vertical casin g N, which incloses it on three sides. (Sec Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 7.) Within this casing the carrier M has a limited upward movement against the resistance of an inclosed spring a for the purpose of raising the channelingknife M above the sole to avoid channeling the heel-seat. In Figs. 1, 3, and 4: a rope or chain 0, attaehed'to carrier M, extends'over I a curved slide 0, fixed to the frame A. This rope extends downwardly to the base of the machine, as in Fig.4, and there passes around three pulleys I, Fig. 5,tw0 of which are mounted on a lever 11 on the outside of the frame. The end of the rope or chain is secured to a fixed stud or ring 0 on the frame. Tholever p is firmly secured to ashaft Q, having bearings in the sides of the frame A.

Between the side walls of the frame a bellerank lever R is fixed upon the shaft Q. (See Fig. 1.) ()nc arm of this lfWGl is connected to the treadle-rope T, Figs. 1, 4, and 5, extending to a treadle. (Not shown.) The othera'rm bears against a block fixed on the horizontal sliding bar L; Fig. 1, and when IIO moved forward compresses the spring S and carries the guide-roll L to-the front, as in Fig.

9. Depression of thetreadle therefore brings the guide-roll L to act against or bear on the.

heel portion of the lasted shoe and raises the channeling-knife M and its carrier M, so that at the proper moment the channeling devices become dormant. These movements are resisted by the springs S, Fig. 1, and n, (in the casing N,)Fig. '3, as well as by the limited weight of the knife-carrier M. These forces restore the normal positions of the channel- I L is almost in its most advanced position,,the.-

ing-knife M and the guide-roll L aft-erthe trimming'of each 'shoe-sole-is' completed. When the treadle is depressed, the action carries the free end of the lever 17, Fig. 5,

downwardly, and its pulleys P draw the rope 0 down also, thereby raising the channelkn-ife carrier M and advancing the guideroll L as described withbut a limited movement of the treadle. There is suificient slack in the chain or'rope 0 so that it will not begin to raise-the carrier- M until the guide-roll slack being meanwhile taken up and the two movements being at the lastv simultaneous. A spring T,'Fig. 5, takes up some of the slack and keeps the chain or rope. sufficiently taut.

* ,It is desirable to carry the channel at the shank of the shoe somewhat nearer the longitudinal center of the sole than elsewhere and I have provided means for thus changing its terminal portion. An eccentric'U, Fig. 3, bears against the inner face of the trough or casin g N and may be moved when desired by the workman by means of the lever U, Figs.

land 4, attached to the shaft of this eccent'ric. Stop-pins 21., Figs. 1 and 4, limit the oscillation of the lever and the throw of the cocentric.

In Fig. 3 I have'illustrated a swinging movement which is allowed to the channel-knife carrier to giveaccess to the knives E and M. The casing N is pivoted at top on a pin N, on which it may swing outwardly, as indicated in dotted lines. A latch V, Figs. 1 and 4, has two diverging arms, pivoted at their upper ends'tothe frame A, while the lower part of the'latch has a hollow hub V, inclosing a spring '0, which bears against a crosspiece of the casing ,servin g to keep the car- 'rier M in its proper position, but allowing the I slight yielding movement required by the (ac-- eentric U. (See Fig. 7.) The latch V is held in vertical position by a shouldered screw W, entering the ed go 'of frame A and hearing by its shoulder or collar on the outer face of the latch. The head and shoulder of this screw are cut away on one side, Figs. 1. and 4, s6 that when turned part way around the latch can swing outwardly for adjustment of the knivesor otherwise.

In Fig. 6 I havereprescnted at X a wedgeshaped block running under the casting 11., which carries thefeed-wheel shaft G, and thiswedge has a threaded stem, with an adjusting-nut X thereon, by which the wedge may be moved to adjust said shaft to the desired height. Asst-screw a: may serve to hold the wedge fast when adjusted.

I claim as my invention-- 1. In a trimming andchanneling maehin'e, a channeling-knife anda reciprocating trimming-knife having an oblique cutting edge in combination with arotatable'edge-guide having a non-rotary central disk or body slotted to receive the tip of the reciprocating knife.

substantially as set forth. I

1 '2. In a trimming and channeling machine, a channeling-knife and a reciprocating trimming-knife adapted for simultaneous operation, in combination with a rotatable edgeguide having a non-rotary central body recessed to receive the tip of the trimming-knife,

and with a positively-driven feed-wheelserving to press the strip to be removed against the-body of said edge-guide, substantially as set forth. v

3. The frame A, shaft 13 and reciprocating trimming-knife E, in combination with a rotatable edge-guide having a broad non-rotary disk or body, in a plane at right angles to the trimmin g-knife,and recessed to'recei ve the tip of said knife, and with-the positively-driven vfeed-wheel adapted to press-the strip to be removed upon the face of said diskor body, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the. reciprocating trimming-knife E and rotary feed-wheel G, with the edge-guide Jj and the laterally-mow. able guide L, with means to advance and retract it when desired, substantially as set 'forth.

5. The combination ofthe channeling-knife, the reciprocating trimming-knife, and the feed-wheel with a rotatable edge-guide operative during the channeling and the trimming of the shank and fore part of the sole,

and with an additional guide-roller adapted to be brought forward at the will of the op-,

erator and to serve while'trimmi ngaro und the heel-seat, said rotary guides being located in difierent planes, one above theother, substan *tially as set forth.

6. The combination of the reciprocatingtrimming-knife, the rotary feed-wheeland rotatable edge-guidemith the channeling-knife, and the'eccentric U and spring 1.? for giving the foot of the channeling-kn 'rfe carrier a lim-v ited sidewise movement, substantially as set forth.

.1 7. The channeling-knife M and its carrier M and. the casin g N pivoted at its upper endto the frame, and forming vertical ways for said a ino- - shoe-sole and bring chain, substantially as rotatable edge-guide, and the feed-whe el G 15 G, formed with flanges having a sliding en- 'M and therotatable ingitsactiomand with hoisting means adapted to raise theehanneler out of contact with the forward the guide L into contact with the counter; substantially as set forth;

9'. The channeling-knife M and its carrier guide L mounted on the sliding bar L, in combination with the bell-' crank leverR, the treadle-rod T; hoisting'rope or chain 0 and the lever 19 with pulleys P adapted to take up the slack in said rope or a set forth. 10. The reciprocating trimming-knife, the

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with its shaft G, in combination with the castings H H serving as bearings for the shaft gagement with provided: with the vertical frame sides and an arm or boss as bearings for 

